Tag: gravy

Over the summer, I moved to the South after living in California all my life. To celebrate in the months before moving, I had fun experimenting with vegan Southern food–and my husband’s and my favorite dish that came out of that was this gravy with biscuits.

This gravy was a labor of love, but we sacrificed and ate about 4 test batches of it over the months as I developed the recipe. 😉 Through experimentation I’ve found that it should work with any type of vegan beef, but our favorite version is with Impossible, or a mix of Beyond and Impossible meat.

I use Minimalist Baker’s vegan biscuit recipe to serve this with, and they went perfectly!

Makes enough to generously cover ~15 biscuits

Ingredients:

• 5 tbsp vegan butter
• 7 tbsp flour
• 3/4lb vegan beef (= 3 Beyond burger patties, or 1 Impossible pack)
• 1 large yellow or white onion 
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1.5 tsp vegan chick’n bouillon (I use Better than Bouillon’s)
• 4 cups unsweetened cashew milk or other neutral non-dairy milk*
• 3 tsp mushroom umami seasoning**
• 1/3 tsp pepper
• Salt & pepper to taste

*This definitely tastes best with cashew milk, but soy or almond would likely work as well. I don’t recommend coconut milk.

**OR powdered mushroom OR 1/2c finely chopped or puréed mushrooms

Directions:

1. Make a roux: add the butter and flour to a pan over medium heat, and stir together as the butter melts. When the mixture starts to turn golden brown, add the milk and whisk well.
2. Simmer 10-15 minutes over low-medium heat, whisking occasionally, until milk has thickened substantially.
3. While the milk mixture is simmering, sauté the vegan beef and onions (and diced mushrooms, if using) together until the beef is about 70% of the way cooked–it will be slightly pink still.
4. Add the beef and onions to the pot with the milk. Add seasonings, and simmer until it reaches your desired consistency.
5. Serve over your favorite biscuit recipe, mashed potatoes, or even noodles for a stroganoff feel. It keeps great in the fridge too!

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